Thursday, February 23, 2012

Capt. John Cappelmann, the 9th precinct's new commanding officer, told residents that eight to 10 officers would join his ranks next month to help crack down on nightlife-related problems, DNAinfo reported.

During a Community Council meeting Tuesday night, "Cappelmann said he was responding to concerns he has heard from East Village residents since taking over the command about a month ago. Many residents turned out for Tuesday night's meeting to complain about noise and unruly crowds emanating from the neighborhood's densely packed bars."

He said that he'd assign the extra officers to the midnight conditions and midnight anticrime teams. (And how about a Sunday Brunch conditions team?)

13 comments:

I have tried so many times to picture the frathead morons I encounter at 4am, beating their chests and yelling like the drunken apes they are in their stupid collared shorts, picking up trash cans and hurling them into the middle of Avenue A, actually being confronted by a law enformcement agent whose duty it is the keep the peace... And try, try, try as I might, I just can't see it (and have never seen it). They just seem to get a permanent pass, these monsters, while our (often innocent) native youths of color suffer some of the worst racial profiling and a harrassment of our time.It would be an ENORMOUS step in the right direction to restore SOME of the balance in our humble HOME here to have the police put some of this mardi gras nonsense in check... I strongly, emphatically support this effort and although few have been more critical than I of the NYPD especially this year, this would be a most welcome kind of policing that I am sure ALL residents would also welcome.

This is great news. Doublewide has been driving everyone who lives near it on East 12th Street crazy. The people stand out front having loud conversations and screaming to each other and fighting. Maybe the cops will have the manpower to respond now.

The nightlife cops do tackle more serious crimes like muggings, shootings and all that. They aren't just shushing people. When you have people congregating and partying in front of these bars, it leads to all kinds of trouble beyond the excessive noise.

@Richard D James - these people glamma refers to are committing crimes. There are fistfights every night up and down Avenue A, B and C. Knocking over trash cans, breaking car door mirrors etc are all crimes and the police should do something about it, instead of just shooing them away. The first time I met the former precinct commander he explained that we live in an entertainment area and that he saw the role of the police to make sure "our guests" arrive into the neighborhood and left the neighborhood safely. Let's hope the new guy sees them not as guest but as the marauding, rampaging idiots that they are.

I find it amazing that the same neighborhood whose streets I was afraid to walk down in the 70's/80s is now considered an "entertainment area". It's like someone traveled back in time and stepped on a butterfly.

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